20 The Gardener's New Director. 



Dire^iottf for the planting and raiftng Plum-trees, -with 

 a Li/l of the Sorts viofl to be preferred for Walls, 



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PON the fides of the wall next the Peaches, I 

 would advife to plant the following Plums: v/z. 



1. White Prinmordian. 



2. Morocco. 



3. Little black Damafk. 



4. Great Violet Damafk of Tours. 



5. Fotheringhame. 

 <6. Perdrigon white. 



7. Violet Perdrigon. 



8. Imperial. 



9. Red Diaper. 



10. Green Gage, largeft fort. 



11. Mirabelle. 



12. St. Catherine. 



13. The Emprefs Plum. 



14. Wentworth Plum. 



15. Amboyna Plum. 



All thefe will alfo ripen well upon fouth-weft expo- 

 fures ; and the white Primordian, and the fmall early 

 black Damalk will ripen very well upon efpaliers, as will 

 moft of the fmall Plums; but the large Plums I would 

 always chufe to give walls ; they ripen better there, and 

 are in lefs hazard of being fhook off by fevere blafls of 

 wind : and although they will bear on efpaliers, yet in 

 this country they never do fo well as when on walls. I 

 cannot omit to mention, that I have always found that 

 thofe that are budded do better than thofe that are graft- 

 ed, and are not fo liable to gum as the others do. 



After thefe trees have been one, or at mod two years 

 budded, then is the proper time to take them from the 

 nurfery, for planting againfl walls. They delight in the 

 fame foil with the Peaches, and as th.e manner of plant- 

 ing and preparing the ground for them is entirely the 

 fame, I (hall not here repeat it. The dillance between 

 tree and tree upon a ten feet wall, fliould never be 

 lefs than eighteen feet, and if you would chufe to plant 



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